901:5-7-12
Guaranteed analysis.

(A)
All
commercial feeds distributed in this state shall have a label stating the
specific animal class and species for which the product was intended and shall
be labeled with the information prescribed in this rule. The required
information shall include the following items, unless
exempted, and in order listed:

(e)
Minimum and/or maximum percentages of
minerals as required in rule 901:5-7-02 of the Administrative Code;

(f)
Vitamins
in such terms as specified in rule 901:5-7-02 of the Administrative Code;

(g)
Total
sugars as invert on dried molasses or products being sold primarily for their
sugar content; and

(h)
Viable lactic acid producing
microorganisms for use in silage stated in colony forming units per gram
(CFU/g) when directions are for using the product in grams or colony forming
units per pound (CFU/lb) when directions are for using the product in pounds. A
parenthetical statement following the guarantee shall list each species in
order of predominance.

(i)
The
feed or feed ingredient is not intended or represented or does not serve as a
principal source of that mineral to the animal; or

(ii)
The feed or
feed ingredient is intended for non-food producing animals and contains less
than six and a half per cent total mineral content.

(iii)
This exemption
does not apply to those feeds manufactured as complete feeds and for feed
supplements intended to be mixed with grain to produce a complete feed for
swine, poultry, fish and veal and herd milk replacers.

(b)
Guarantees for vitamins are not required when the commercial feed is neither
formulated for nor represented in any manner as a vitamin
supplement.

(c)
Guarantees for crude protein, crude fat, and crude
fiber are not required when the commercial feed is intended for purposes other
than to furnish these substances or they are of minor significance relating to
the primary purpose of the product, such as drug premixes, mineral or vitamin
supplements, and molasses.

(d)
Guarantees for
microorganisms are not required when the commercial feed is intended for a
purpose other than to furnish these substances or they are of minor
significance relating to the primary purpose of the produce, and no specific
label claims are made.

(e)
The indication for animal class(es) and species is not
required on single ingredient products if the ingredient is not intended,
represented, or defined for a specific animal class(es) or species.

(i)
Starting/growing - turkeys that are grown for
human food from day of hatch to approximately thirteen weeks of age for (females) and sixteen
weeks of age for males.

(ii)
Finisher - turkeys that are grown for human
food, females from approximately thirteen weeks of age to approximately seventeen weeks of age; males from
sixteen weeks of age to twenty weeks of age, (or desired market
weight).

(iii)
Laying - female
turkeys that are producing eggs; from time first of egg is produced, throughout
the time they are producing eggs.

(iv)
Breeder - turkeys that are grown to produce
fertile eggs, from day of hatch to time first egg is produced (approximately
thirty weeks of age), both sexes.

(g)
Minimum and maximum percentage of total sodium
shall be guaranteed only when total sodium exceeds that furnished by the
maximum salt guarantee

(h)
Minimum vitamin A, other than precursors of
vitamin A, in international units per pound (if added)

(L)
The
required information for grain mixtures with or without molasses and feeds
other than those described in paragraphs (A) to (K) of this rule shall include
the following items, unless exempted in paragraph (A)(3) of this rule, in the
order listed:

(f)
Minerals in feed ingredients - as specified by the
official definitions of the official publiction of AAFCO

(g)
Vitamins in such
terms as specified in paragraph (A)(6) of rule 901:5-7-02 of the Administrative Code

(h)
Total sugars as invert in dried molasses products or
products being sold primarily for their sugar content

(i)
Viable lactic
acid producing microorganisms for use in silage stated in colony forming units
per gram (CFU/g) when directions are for using the product in grams or colony
forming units per pound (CFU/lb) when directions are for using the product in
pounds. A parenthetical statement following the guarantee shall list each
species in order of predominance.

(j)
A commercial
feed intended to provide a specialized nutritional source for use in the
manufacture of other feeds must state its intended purpose and guarantee those
nutrients relevant to such stated purpose. Article II of AAFCO's "Criteria for
Labeling Nutritional Indicators" is not applicable to the label guarantees for
these specialized commercial feeds.